Belated Halloween, Thanksgiving, Ava's new "toy", and start of the Christmas Season...

Wow, what a busy time of year!

I have finally uploaded the pictures from Halloween. About time, huh? Most of you know, Ava was sick on Halloween, so she looks very pitiful in most of the pictures.







We celebrated Thanksgiving at my grandmother's house, with the Toomey's. We got to see several cousins that we haven't seen in many months. Ava had a blast. My camera died early in the day (after the group shots), so I didn't get many shots of her playing, but I assure you she did ALOT of it!







I really don't know why we even buy Ava toys. She has played with the box shown below, for 2 days straight. It is pretty much the only toy she has touched since I gave it to her. She will push it around our entire home. She will even pick it up and carry it around everywhere with her. It is really pretty funny.






I put up our Christmas tree today. I just knew we would be telling Ava "no no" every 30 seconds for the next month because of it. However, to my surprise... 6 hours after putting it up, she has not even attempted to touch it. She just points at it and gives her "Ooooh" face. I am so proud of her! *Knock on wood*

Happy 11 Months Ava!

Ava is 11 months old today. My how the time has flown. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital.. and now in exactly a month she will be turning a year old. WOW! You never believe it when people tell you, but it really does go by so fast.

Ava and Sidney

Todd's parents kept Sidney this week. Ben and Alisa took Linlee to Disneyworld, and Connor stayed with the Berteau's in Hattiesburg. Ava and Sid had some playtime together a few days this week at the office. Ava wasn't too sure about her to begin with on Monday. I don't think she liked having another little girl invading her territory at the office.




Ava warmed up to her after a few minutes though, and they played pretty well together.







The last picture is from yesterday. Ava and I stopped by on our way home and played with Sid for a little while. She is such a little doll. She has such a pleasant temperament, and is just so much fun to play with.